diff --git a/src/app/api/categories/route.js b/src/app/api/categories/route.js
index d721564..952399f 100644
--- a/src/app/api/categories/route.js
+++ b/src/app/api/categories/route.js
@@ -1,74 +1,95 @@
 import prisma from "@/lib/prisma"
-import { unstable_getServerSession } from "next-auth/next"
-import { authOptions } from "../auth/[...nextauth]"
-import { withSentry } from "@sentry/nextjs"
+import { auth } from "../../../../auth"
 
-export default withSentry(async function handler(req, res) {
-  const session = await unstable_getServerSession(req, res, authOptions)
-  const { method, body } = req
-
-  if (session) {
-    switch (method) {
-      case "POST": {
-        const { userId, name, desc } = body
-        if (!name) {
-          return res.status(400).json({ message: "Missing required field(s)" })
-        }
+const verifyAuth = async () => {
+  const session = await auth()
+  console.log("AUTH.SESSION", session)
+  if (!session?.user?.userId) {
+    return Response(401)
+  }
+}
 
-        const createResult = await prisma.category.create({
-          data: {
-            name,
-            description: desc,
-            userId,
-          },
-        })
+export async function GET() {
+  await verifyAuth()
 
-        return res.status(200).json({ data: createResult })
-      }
-      case "PUT": {
-        const { id, userId, name, description } = body
-        if (!name || !id || !userId) {
-          return res.status(400).json({ message: "Missing required field(s)" })
-        }
+  return Response("Hello World!", {
+    status: 200,
+  })
+}
 
-        const updateResult = await prisma.category.update({
-          where: {
-            id,
-          },
-          data: {
-            name,
-            description,
-          },
-        })
+// export async function POST(request) {
+export const POST = auth(async (request) => {
+  console.log("CATEGORIES.REQ.AUTH", request.auth)
 
-        return res.status(200).json({ data: updateResult })
-      }
-      case "GET": {
-        return res.status(200).json({ results: ["Hello", "World"] })
-      }
-      case "DELETE": {
-        const { id, userId } = body
+  const {
+    userId,
+    data: { name, description },
+  } = await request.json()
 
-        if (!id || !userId) {
-          return res.status(400).json({ message: "Missing required field(s)" })
-        }
-        try {
-          await prisma.category.delete({
-            where: { id },
-          })
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error("ERR", error)
-          return res.status(500).json({ message: error })
-        }
-        return res.status(200).json({ message: "Deleted" })
-      }
-      default: {
-        res.setHeader("Allow", ["GET", "DELETE", "POST", "PUT"])
-        return res.status(405).end(`Method ${method} Not Allowed`)
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    console.error("ERR - Unauthorized attempt at /api/categories")
-    return res.status(403).end("Unauthorized")
+  if (!name) {
+    return Response(
+      { message: "Missing required field!" },
+      {
+        status: 400,
+      },
+    )
   }
+
+  const createResult = await prisma.category.create({
+    data: {
+      name,
+      description,
+      userId,
+    },
+  })
+
+  return Response.json({ data: createResult })
 })
+
+export async function PUT(request) {
+  await verifyAuth()
+  const { userId, name, id, description } = await request.json()
+
+  if (!name || !id || !userId) {
+    return Response(
+      { message: "Missing required field(s)" },
+      {
+        status: 400,
+      },
+    )
+  }
+
+  const updateResult = await prisma.category.update({
+    where: {
+      id,
+    },
+    data: {
+      name,
+      description,
+    },
+  })
+
+  return Response.json({ data: updateResult })
+}
+export async function DELETE(request) {
+  await verifyAuth()
+  const { id, userId } = await request.json()
+
+  if (!id || !userId) {
+    return Response(
+      { message: "Missing required field(s)" },
+      {
+        status: 400,
+      },
+    )
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await prisma.category.delete({
+      where: { id },
+    })
+  } catch (error) {
+    return Response({ message: error }, { status: 500 })
+  }
+  return Response.json({ message: "Deleted" })
+}
diff --git a/src/app/categories/actions.jsx b/src/app/categories/actions.jsx
index 8ccef45..351386f 100644
--- a/src/app/categories/actions.jsx
+++ b/src/app/categories/actions.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 "use server"
 
 import { z } from "zod"
+import { headers } from "next/headers"
+import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache"
 
 const schema = z.object({
   name: z
@@ -16,6 +18,12 @@ const schema = z.object({
 })
 
 const createCategory = async (userId, formData) => {
+  const headersList = headers()
+  const referer = headersList.get("referer")
+
+  const host = new URL(referer).host
+  const protocol = new URL(referer).protocol
+
   const validatedFields = schema.safeParse({
     name: formData.get("name"),
     description: formData.get("description"),
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@ const createCategory = async (userId, formData) => {
   }
 
   try {
-    const addRes = await fetch("/api/categories", {
+    const addRes = await fetch(`${protocol}${host}/api/categories`, {
       method: "POST",
       headers: {
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
@@ -40,6 +48,7 @@ const createCategory = async (userId, formData) => {
       }),
     })
     if (addRes.ok) {
+      revalidatePath("/posts")
       return addRes.json()
     }
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/app/categories/submitButton.jsx b/src/app/categories/submitButton.jsx
index 7597367..17c8de2 100644
--- a/src/app/categories/submitButton.jsx
+++ b/src/app/categories/submitButton.jsx
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 import { useFormStatus } from "react-dom"
 import { LoadingSpinner } from "@/components/loadingSpinner"
 
-export function SubmitButton() {
+export function SubmitButton({ action }) {
   const { pending } = useFormStatus()
 
   return (
     <button
       type="submit"
+      formAction={action}
       className="flex items-center justify-center space-x-1 rounded-md bg-slate-700 px-2 py-1 pr-3 font-medium text-white outline-none"
       aria-disabled={pending}
     >